fossilised

Describes something that has become fixed, outdated, or unable to change, often used in a figurative sense for ideas or systems.

• 🇵🇹Descreve algo que se tornou rígido, ultrapassado ou incapaz de mudar, frequentemente usado em sentido figurado para ideias ou sistemas.

1. Set in rigid patterns C1 formal

   Fixed in a conventional or unchangeable pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.

   • His fossilised views on education prevented any innovation in the classroom.
   • The company's fossilised management style frustrated younger employees.
   • She tried to break free from the fossilised traditions of her family.

   🇵🇹Fossilizado

   Sinônimos: fixedfrozenhardenedimmovableinflexiblerigidsetstaticunchangingunyielding

   Antônimos: adaptablechangeabledynamicflexiblefluidmalleableopenprogressive

2. Turned into a fossil B2 formal

   Preserved in rock or mineral form from a past geological age.

   • The fossilised remains of a dinosaur were discovered in the desert.
   • Fossilised shells can be found in limestone formations.
   • The museum displayed a fossilised tree trunk from millions of years ago.

   🇵🇹Fossilizado

• more fossilised comparative form
• most fossilised superlative form

A verb used to indicate the process of turning into a fossil or becoming fixed and outdated.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar o processo de transformar-se em fóssil ou de tornar-se rígido, paralisado e ultrapassado.

1. Convert to a fossil B2 formal scientific

   To turn organic material into a fossil through natural processes over a long period.

   • The remains of the dinosaur fossilised over millions of years.
   • Wood can fossilise under the right conditions.
   • Scientists study how bones fossilise in different environments.

   🇵🇹Fossilizar

   Sinônimos: mineralizepetrify

2. Become mentally inflexible C1 informal

   To become fixed in one's ideas or habits, unable to adapt or change.

   • He fossilised in his old-fashioned views and refused to learn new things.
   • Some managers fossilise and resist any changes in the workplace.
   • She worried that she would fossilise if she stayed in the same job for too long.

   🇵🇹Tornar-se mentalmente inflexível

   Sinônimos: hardenossifypetrifyrigidifysetstagnate

   Antônimos: adaptchangeevolvegrow

• fossilised past participle
• fossilised past simple
• fossilising present participle
• fossilises third person singular